Early yesterday morning, we had the first Winter snow in Mallorca this year. There were small amounts only, perhaps 5 cm near Escorca, and nothing like in the photo. The […]
Yesterday, we could observe another splendid full moon. I like full moons, every single time. Perhaps you can call me a lunatic. Whatever, enjoy my photo. This current October is […]
It is not unusual in Balearic latitudes for autumn storms to cause havoc. It is not always as bad as it has been over the last three, four days, but […]
May I suggest, what with the current heatwave, that you consider some proper sun protection. Living here on the island, I am constantly amazed as to how ignorant and blasé […]
Suddenly, it’s getting hot. It seems that Summer is breaking out with a vengeance. There is a Yellow alert on mainland Spain with temperatures yesterday reaching 38° C in Sevilla […]
The weather in Mallorca is turning from warm and pleasant to a sudden and intense heat with temperatures reaching 27 and 28° C, and even 29 and 30° C in […]
The Parque Natural de S’Albufera is trying to get back to normality after unusual, in fact disastrous inundaciones (rainfalls) last week. The Northeast of Mallorca, together with Palma, had been […]
Palma International Airport (PMI) was almost back to normal yesterday, thank you very much, as was most of the airspace in Spain and, really, most of air traffic in Europe. […]
I never thought that I would ever do a blog entry on the fallout of some volcanic eruption as far away as Iceland, but here we go. Mallorca, as well […]
Whilst there are still a number of almond trees flowering around in Mallorca, a second wave of fruit trees are out in blossom now as well: peach trees, nectarines, ciruelas […]
The last time I told you about the Roman bridge in Pollença (blog entry September 25th, 2008), the Pont Romà was shown as spanning a dry riverbed, the Torrent de […]
We were all surprised to be hit by another wintery spell over the last few days, here in Mallorca. Temperatures dropped to a low of 9° C in the daytime […]
We had snow in Felanitx (altitude 95.26 m) last night. Nothing spectacular, mind you, but still. Snow in Mallorca very rarely gets to as low as sea level, but last […]
Last year seemingly was one of the wettest years on record in Mallorca, or so we hear. In total, 546 litres of rain were recorded per square metre at the […]
We have been very lucky lately with the weather, here in Mallorca. Yesterday, a rather pretty formation of Cirrocumulus clouds could be observed in the late afternoon, as seen here […]